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Yet another proof and a delightful one (if any were needed), that
“Music is the purest form of art, and therefore the most direct expression of beauty, with a form and spirit which is one, and simple, and least encumbered with anything extraneous. … No one of its notes is final, yet each reflects the infinite.” – Rabindranath Tagore (Sadhana, the Realisation of Life)

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• Live concert by Flute Jayanth’s grandfather T.S. Sankaran >>
• Why Carnatic Music Matters More Than Ever >>

Audio tip | JA Jayanth’s grandfather and guru TS Sankaran live at Kalakshetra >>

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“Sampradaya is like a broad river and the bani is a tributary”: Umayalpuram Sivaraman on his 75 years of performance >>

Information about the persons, items or topics

• Find song lyrics
• Research & Custom search engines
• The Oxford Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music
• Suppliers of books & musical instruments

Learn & practice more

• A brief introduction to Carnatic music (with music examples and interactive map)
• Bhava and Rasa explained by V. Premalatha
• Free “flow” exercises on this website
• Glossary (PDF)
• Introduction (values in the light of modernity)
• PDF-Repository
• Video | Keeping tala with hand gestures: Adi (8 beats) & Misra chapu (7 beats)
• Voice culture and singing
• Why Carnatic Music Matters More Than Ever
• Worldcat.org book and journal search (including Open Access)